U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.11%

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At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.56% or 8.24 points to trade at 329.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.12% or 0.97 points to end at 46.64 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 1.86% or 2.34 points to 128.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 2.07% or 2.70 points to trade at 127.77 at the close. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) declined 1.60% or 3.12 points to end at 192.07 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 1.42% or 4.31 points to 300.21.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which rose 7.48% to 48.45, Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) which was up 6.18% to settle at 40.03 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which gained 5.24% to close at 110.35.

The worst performers were Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE:SCHW) which was down 9.44% to 74.94 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which lost 6.49% to settle at 154.75 and Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ:TSCO) which was down 4.69% to 217.53 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Casa Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CASA) which rose 82.52% to 7.10, Frequency Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FREQ) which was up 30.82% to settle at 1.91 and Natus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:NTUS) which gained 28.64% to close at 33.51.

The worst performers were Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DFFN) which was down 34.22% to 0.17 in late trade, Nutex Health Inc (NASDAQ:NUTX) which lost 29.18% to settle at 5.17 and Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI) which was down 23.57% to 0.85 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1978 to 1199 and 130 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2612 fell and 1307 advanced, while 164 ended unchanged.

Shares in Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.24% or 5.49 to 110.35. Shares in Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.07% or 2.70 to 127.77. Shares in Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DFFN) fell to all time lows; losing 34.22% or 0.09 to 0.17. Shares in Natus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:NTUS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 28.64% or 7.46 to 33.51. Shares in Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI) fell to all time lows; losing 23.57% or 0.26 to 0.85.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.33% to 22.17.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.30% or 5.90 to $1,980.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.47% or 0.50 to hit $106.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.86 to trade at $112.56 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.49% to 126.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.78.